Pineapple Jam

Pineapple Jam Gluten Free

For this Malaysian pineapple Jam, they usually make it with 100 percent pineapple pureed with added spices. Including cinnamon stick, star anise and cloves. Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical and subtropical plant with numerous palatable fruitlets. And they call them coalesced berries whereby each fruitlet is the eye of …

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Daisy Custard Butter Cookies

Daisy Custard Butter Cookies Gluten Free

Daisy custard butter cookies are a favourite old fashion cookies for the festive seasons. Specifically Chinese New Year and Hari Raya in Malaysia. Daisy shaped cookies are one of the most customary cookies. Likewise, they have been serving these cookies since the 1970s and 1980s during the festive seasons. The …

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Chinese New Year Steamed Prosperity Cakes (Fa Gao)

Chinese New Year Steamed Prosperity Cakes (Fa Gao) Gluten Free

Chinese New Year Steamed prosperity cakes or often called fa gao in Mandarin. Likewise, we also call fatt koh in Cantonese and Huat Kueh in Hokkien. Besides, prosperity cakes closely resemble cupcakes or muffins. But we steam prosperity cakes instead of baking them. The main ingredients used for steamed prosperity …

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Berries Kuih Sago (Tapioca Pearls Cake)

Berries Kuih Sago (Tapioca Pearls Cake) Gluten Free

For my gluten free Berries Kuih Sago (Tapioca Pearls Cake) recipe. Likewise, I am using fresh berries juice from a combination of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.  Using berries is a much healthier option than adding food colourings. My Berries Kuih Sago (Tapioca Pearls Cake) recipe is not only gluten free. …

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Paleo Chinese Almond Cookies

Paleo Chinese Almond Cookies Gluten Free

Chinese almond cookies, also called almond biscuits or almond cakes. Likewise, they make these cookies with almond flour with an almond in the middle on top of the cookies. Commonly found in Chinese bakeries in Hong Kong, Macau and China. As well as in Chinese bakeries or even Asian groceries …

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Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (Mochi)

Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (Mochi) Gluten Free

Black Sesame Glutinous rice balls or mochi is a Chinese dessert. Normally, they make them with glutinous rice flour and water mixture. They can be small or large in size and filled or unfilled, savoury or sweet. In addition, they serve them coated with sesame or nuts like cashew nuts …

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Chinese Egg Tarts (Hong Kong Style)

Chinese Egg Tarts (Hong Kong Style) Gluten Free

Chinese Egg tarts or egg custard tarts (called dan tat in Cantonese) are a type of pastry. Commonly found in England, Portugal, Hong Kong and many south east Asian countries. It has an external pastry crust with wobbly egg custard filling and baked. Likewise, Chinese egg tart is the much …

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Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Balls (Ondeh Ondeh/Onde Onde)

Sweet Potato Ondeh Ondeh Gluten Free

Sweet Potato Ondeh Ondeh is a conventional rice cake. They normally make them with glutinous rice flour and mashed sweet potato. Likewise, they also named them onde onde. Besides, they are very popular in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (called keplon). They usually flavour these small round rice balls with pandan. …

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Pandan Chiffon Cake

Pandan Chiffon Cake Gluten Free

Pandan chiffon cake or pandan cake also called sponge cake or chiffon cake, is a soft and fluffy textured cake. Made with vegetable oil, sugar, flour, baking powder and eggs plus flavourings. Likewise, pandan chiffon cake originated from Malaysia and Indonesia. Most well-liked Asian flavour is pandan and coconut and …

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Tapioca Cake

Tapioca Cake Gluten Free

Tapioca cake or cassava cake is one of the many beloved Nonya desserts in Malaysia. Amongst the many nonya (fusion of Chinese and Malay cuisines) desserts. Besides, they also call tapioca cake, Kuih Bingka Ubi in Malaysia. It is not hard to understand why it is such a favourite. Because …

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